, 1887-12-22
WITHOUT GLOVES.
Attorneys for Howard Numerically
Score Stock Detectives.
Aug. Pasche Acknowledges Making
Incendiary Remarks.
Howard Acquitted and Wilkes and
cavanaugh Brought In.

appropriate to his own use a beef animal
belonging to another person, was finished
yesterday. The defendant was acquitted.
This case was one of the trials which
have attracted so much attention on &C.
count of the nature of the testimony
adduced for the prosecution. The evil
dence against the defendant was confined
entirely to the sworn statements of the
three stock detectives who have become
so well known in this section recently on
account of their connection with the
Horseshoe cases in which Mark Ryan,
VIM. Lavelle, Jos. Huffman, Pat Ryan
and Howard have figured as defendants.
and who, according to their own state
ments, have been made victims of the
questionable operations of Stock Detect
ives Pasche, Elan and Foster.
In this case the defense did not deny
that the allegation of plaintiff as to the
butchering of the animal in question, but
established beyond question that the act
was not criminal. AS shown in evil
dence Foster conveyed the beef
to Towards ranch and induced the
latter TO kill it by assuring him
he (Foster), was the owner of the animal.
1t was dark at the time of the occurrence
and consequently impossible to discern the
brand or mark upon the creature.
Messrs. Baird and Campbell conducted
the case for the defendant and scored the
stock detectives numerically, characteriz-
ing their methods as entirely unprofes-
sional. if not criminal. Elan and Pasche
denied having induced persons to commit
crime, but Foster tacitly admitted it.
The defense produced a number of wit
nesses who deposed to the effect that diff
ferent detectives had at various times sug-
gested to them the ease with which cattle
might be secured in hat section without
either buying or using them.
Aug. Pasche, who has made this city his
headquarters for the past five years and
who has been identified with the detective
department of the stock association for
about the same period, did not escape the
severe cross examination to which his CO.
workers were subjected, although he took
no active part in the operations conducted
with a view to ecu evidence for the con-
viction of the so-called Horse Shoe gang
of rustlers."
Appended are verbatim excerpts from
the record of questions %propounded and
answers made while he was on the stand.
Immediately preceding the dialogue wit
ness had been questioned as to his in
structions from the association in regard
to detective work to be performed in the
Horse Shoe country.
1T was part of your instructions to kill
cattle, if necessary p asked Mr.. Baird.
YES, SIR"
Under your instructions, Mr.. Pasche,
were you to have due regard for law,
courts and juries?"
II do not understand you"
Were you to have due regard for the
law in carrying out these instructions ?"
sit was to ring in somebody if they
were doing the killing"
Were You to have at the same time re-
gard for the law, to obey the law?"
Il don't understand you"
10 have respect for the law and ad.
ministration Of the law2"
I'VE had due regard for the law"
Did you have due regard for the courts
and juries?''
Eyes, sir"
Il will ask you whether or not on an
occasion last week in the saloon of West
Meyer you said that the courts and:iuries
ought to ha We been hung ten years ago2''
Il might have made such a remark as
that"
Didn't you say on the same occasion
that the laws ought to be suspended and
the Wyoming Stock Growers Association
could hang all those r%ustling = -"
Il didn't say that. | said it would
come to that"
That the Wyoming Stock Growers
Association would have to go and hang
these people2"
L said all honest people -
you are one of the honest people you
refer tor"
Il don't own any stock in this county
and have no interest in it whatever"
Mr.. Stoll then proceeded with the ex-
animation in chief. Following is that
portion of the subsequent testimony bear
ing upon the conversation in Mr.. Meyers
place:
Mr.. Stoll-"With relation to the con-
versatiou o had in Mr.. West Meyers
saloon, state the whole of IT."
Pasche-''In relation to that there was
some talk hat we were the thieves instead
OF proving these other people, who were
the injured parties. | told them we had
better turn them all loose and give them a
free footing. L said we will buy them a
white robe and fit them up as angels; |
said the press has been giving us fits, and
L don't care how plain evidence we had
they could not be convicted. That is
what brought that expression out OF me.
As far rs saving the Wyominp Stool